Pressure increases to reverse Brexit. “Wasting time looking at the past”, says Starmer

Rivals of the British Prime Minister defend the United Kingdom’s return to the European Union. Keir Starmer warns that we should not “waste time looking back”, and guarantees that he maintains the commitment of Labor’s electoral program not to rejoin the European bloc.

The United Kingdom and the European Union must not waste time “look back” for Brexit, said Keir Starmer this Wednesday, at a time when faces pressures to reconsider orcountry’s egress to the EU.

The Prime Minister reaffirmed the commitment made in his Government’s electoral program not to re-enter the community bloc, but said that there was “real progress” in the relationship, which is being “slowly but surely built”.

Andy Burnhampointed out as potential rival of Starmer in the Labor leadership, said last September that I would like to see the UK return to the EU during his life, he remembers the .

Also Wes Streetingformer health minister and another likely leadership candidate, said in a speech last month that he would like to see the UK back in the bloc and called for a “new special relationship” with the EU.

In March last year, Alan Sugarone of the UK’s biggest entrepreneurs, argued that, and asked Starmer to “begged on his knees” to return to the European Union.

The businessman considers that the country’s economy is “stagnant” and in decline, and says this has “a lot to do with the “.

Asked by journalists at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains whether he shared the desire to rejoin the bloc, Starmer said he remained committed to “a clear commitment of the electoral program to not rejoin to EU”.

“That’s why we bet on the closest relationship that we are building. We are slowly but surely building it with the EU,” he added.

On Tuesday, Starmer confirmed that the UK and EU will hold a “relaunch” on July 22nd.

This summit, which will take place in Brussels, has been postponed several timeswith negotiations blocked due to a youth mobility scheme which would allow children under 30 on each side to work, travel or study in the other territory.

“One close cooperation between the EU and the UK It is essential for our common European security, resilience and prosperity. We are working closely to make our next second summit, on 22 July, a success”, said the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa.